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Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Hingis played alongside CoCo Vandeweghe, but lost in the second round to Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua. Mirza teamed up with Barbora Strýcová, but lost in the third round to Eri Hozumi and Miyu Kato.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová won the title, defeating Andrea Hlaváčková and Peng Shuai in the final, 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3.